It's with a heavy heart that I start this edition of the President's Message. Rotary Prime member Jordan Davis' husband Greg lost his battle with cancer early on Monday morning. On behalf of our club, I extend heartfelt sympathy to Jordan and Kaileigh. If you wish to help with providing a meal, please visit the following website and sign up there http://www.mealtrain.com/trains/ngn75o
Our club is sending two of our Rotary Prime members, Ashley Lawrence and Brittany Smaridge, to Salt Lake City from the 27th to the 30th for the Rotary Young Professionals Summit at the Rotary Zone 21 meeting. What a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary and meet up with other young Rotarians from the western U.S. See what they'll be doing at http://www.slcyoungprofessionalsummit.com/
Don't forget to bring in winter coats, gloves, hats, and any other heavy winter wear for our coat drive going on right now to support the Springs Rescue Mission. There will be a box available near the registration table on the 28th.
Dress up your dog for Halloween on Saturday, October 29, from 9-11 am at Bear Creek Dog Park.
They get to walk down a beautiful red carpet that will make sure that every hair glistens and they will even be photographed in all their glory! Bring any size of dog and your dog might win first prize for the best costume! Get ready to have lots of fun and a ton of giggles.
1. If you cannot make the event send in your dogs photo to the "Paws of Colorado" page and there will be a winner announced on the day of the event which will also be posted on Facebook on who has the best costume!
2. There is a $5 registration fee per dog due on the day of the event. All the money goes to All Breed Rescue along with Rotary Club of Colorado Springs.
This event is in partnership with Rotary Prime along with Rotary Club of Downtown Colorado Springs, Heuberger Motors and the gouls and stools event. All funds that are donated to this event will benefit All Breed Rescue and Training in Colorado Springs along with Rotary of Colorado Springs.
**JUDGES NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT!!** Please contact Michaela Smith (octopuswoman8@gmail.com) if you are available - Judges wages paid in slobbery kisses!
Just one Friday remains to bring your gently used coats and jackets for our October coat drive benefiting the folks at Springs Rescue Mission (SRM). You can’t miss the collection box by the registration desk at our meetings.
The mission’s men, women and children need your sturdy coats. It’s important to have warm clothing that covers the extremities -- not light rain jackets and windbreakers, says Stu Davis, community relations director, who spoke at our meeting last week. The same goes for hats, gloves, and even socks. The heavier the better -- think wool and not tube socks. The winter coats get distributed through a clothing store that SRM operates for clients on Mondays and Wednesdays, but also at a Thanksgiving event at City Auditorium that will serve between 700 and a thousand meals.
If you want a tax receipt, plan to complete the donation list by the coat collection box. Think about involving your friends and neighbors in the drive, and don’t forget to see if your church’s lost and found is ready to part with last winter’s stragglers.
Our partnership with the Griffith Centers is strong!
We provided backpacks for students two years ago, and the students
loved their backpacks and the items in the backpacks … they are appreciative of our Rotary Club.
Now we have an opportunity to have someone (or more than one Rotarian) to work in the Griffith Centers Library. The
tasks would be to sort through donated books to pull out those that would be appropriate for Griffith Centers kids and
organize the existing books into categories and/or reading levels.
By doing this, we would be helping teachers provide the most appropriate reading books for their students.
You would be working with Judy Casey on this project — let us know if you are interested! It probably would mean 3-4
times to work … Respond to Judy at jdcasey1@centurylink.net
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Our partnership with the Griffith Centers is strong! 
